The UK team is on hand before you leave to discuss any aspect of your project, or just to chat over those questions that you're a bit too embarrassed to ask. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, we won't tell anyone, and chances are we asked the same questions too before we went on our projects!

The UK team are also on hand outside office hours to liaise with family or loved ones just in case anything happens while you're overseas. Feel free to arrange to meet us or just contact us for a chat about the programmes.

The Global Volunteer Projects UK team is headed by Kevin Dynan. Kevin has over 8 years experience of organising adventure sports and travel programmes. Kevin has spent time working for some of the leading organisations in the gap year / time out travel field and is one of the most experienced people in this arena. An inveterate traveller, he has worked and travelled in Central America and Asia but retains a particular fondness for Africa, particularly Ghana, where he spent his gap year teaching.

A keen adventure sportsman Kevin has also organised several adventure sports expeditions and has worked as a consultant to various adventure sports companies.

For those questions that you'd just rather speak to a girl about, email Jane. Jane has travelled widely across the Americas, Africa and the Caribbean and is so is ideally placed to chat about issues of concern to our female travellers.

From fending off unwanted attention to the availability of lifes little essentials, Jane has experienced it all on her travels so feel free to email her to chat in more detail about your travels.